---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2345"
citation: "Texas HB 2345 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Interim Studies (I0448)", "FLOODS (S0327)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (U0030)", "WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD", "TEXAS (V2481)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez", "Hinojosa", "Paul", "Walle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2bb1e92-1ee8-4ccc-aca4-3f1b82794d66"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2345.xml"
source_hash: "ab24f8bde9c849df64d3a30dc1cc53de8e46cc1488af4f2abe0c737034295aa8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 2345 (86) — Relating to the creation of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02345I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **128–11** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **128–11** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2bb1e92-1ee8-4ccc-aca4-3f1b82794d66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).